The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The Rev. G. W. FIELD, of Bangor, went to
Belfast, Ne, recently to- attend the funeral Of
domestic who had been in the families of his
father and brother for period of eighty years.
A NovAL SIGHT witnessed near Mount Vernon,
Me, last weeS was that of a man moving on the
ice. A portion of his farm is in swamp land
whicn IS TOO wet 10 NOW In summer put oy
waiting until it freezes he is enabled to harvest
large crop of hay from IT,
TREE that was cut down in the Little
Shookum valley, near Whatcan, w. T., yielded
| $1,000 feet of lumber, which at 81 50 per 1000
makes the tree worth S262. The Whatcan
| Rereite says that the timber lands in the county
VIII average ten such trees to an acre.
WHILE USING stove blacking on her kitchen
range the other Gay, Mrs. Margaret Twibcll, Of
Montpelier, Ind, got a small quantity of the
polish IN cut on her hand. Blood poisoning
ellSued. the hand swelled TO great size, and 1t
Is thought that it will be necessary to ampu-
tate it.
The city of I.econpton, Kan, which thirty
years ago was one of the most promising towns
| in the West, is to-day q striking example of a
busted boom Town lots that sold readily for
q 600 each in 1854 cannot now be disposed of at
$50, and the S5OOOOo State House then under
way Is now mass of ruins.
| The FRENCH ACADEMY, by its recent annual
distribution of prizes of merit has proclaimed
Jean Adolphe Delannoy a Calais pilot, the most
| heroic OF Frenchmen He has risked his life
twenty-one times in saving shipwrecked crews,
| and is loaded with medals He also wears the
cross of the Legion of Honor.
| TIE first Presidents message telegraphed
West was delivered by James X. Polk. The
operator took forty eight hours to perform the
| task 1t was On that occasion that the Phila-
| delphia operator was so delighted in reaching
| the signature that he added: God and Liber-
| ", and the papers printed 1t so.
JOHN SHEETz, of Reading. Pa, brought suit
before the Aldermen to recover 10c. from a man
named Vented The case grew out of dispute
| about the value of an apple butter jar, which
| SheetZ declared to be worth 10c, while in Went
| zels opinion it was worth only Sc. The Alder
| men gave Judgment in favor Of Sheetz for 10c.
| and heavy costs.
DAVE JOHNSON and Dawlin Sassinet, of Eliza
beth City, N. c., had grudge against Albin
| Satchwel, a neighbor. and, arming themselves,
| they went out to meet him. Encountering him
on the street, they drew line in the mud across
| the road and dared him to step over it. Satch-
| well walked coolly on over the line and was shot
down in his tracks.
| AUNT HATTIE NORTH, who recently died in
| Troy, Kan, was thought by those who knew her
best to be fully III years old She was a colored
| woman, and remembered living in st. Louis
when the city was French trading post, with
| very few houses She often related incidents
that occurred a full century ago, and, as she
never knew how to read, it was thought that
! she spoke from actual experience.
| JABEz HURD a hermit near Clinton, had not
changed his clothing or taken bath for years
until the health authorities descended upon his
| filthy hut the other day for the purpose of
| cleaning 1t. Once inside the door they laid
| bands on Jabez, stripped him of his clothes,
1 gave him thorough scrubbing at the pump
| and dressed him in a new suit. His brother
| threatens to sue the authorities for malicious
| treSpass.
| ST. PAUL draws her water supply from con-
| tiguous lakes, whereas Minneapolis gets hers
| claims that ultimately these cities must draw
| their water supply from Lake Superior, 90
miles away, but high enough to admit of a
ready flow. The undertaking would not be as
| great as it would appear to be upon first
| thought, and has been deemed entirely feasible
] by competent engineers
| GENTLEMAN living a short distance from
Little Brown Creek, N. c., now comes to the
| front with the startling proposition that par
| tridgeS are an unfailing preventive of chls and
fever He says that he knows not of a single
man, or a single member of any family, who
| has been attacked with chills when partridges
have entered literally into the diet of the house
\ hold. He has inquired, but can find nobody
| who knows an exception to the rule.
| A PEORIA ILL.,, girl who went to a ball the
other evening wearing par of new shoes, soon
found herself in such agony that she went to the
| dressing room between dances and took them
| off. She had hardly removed the shoes before
| her feet puffed up to such an astonishing size
| as to make it impossible to put the shoes on
| again. No others being, obtainable, she was
| forced to pass the remainder of the evening
| without dancing and eventually to go home in
her stocking feet
| DR.. JUNKER, of London, has received several
letters from Emin Bey, the latest being dated
| Feb. q. The negroes had murdered Grescke,
the agent of the the Hamburg ivory firm of
ora1 had t,., W..
| only fifteen huts remaining Everything in the
| place was destroyed except arms and ammuni-
| ton and some corn. Emin hoped to be able to re-
| build the town in two months. The Lado and
| Nuggi stations had also been burned Emin
reports, however, that he had gained the friend
| ship of several chiefs
The FEMALE COMPOSITIONS in Boston Job
| printing Office refused to set type from the
manuscript of Rev. Justin D. Fulton's latest
| book on the affairs of the Roman Catholic
| Church. Their reason was that the text was
| grossly indecent and immoral The firm slls-
| tanned its employees and the reverend author
| threatens to bring suit for damages. Should
| this man succeed in getting his book published
| the public cannot do better than let it alone
/ This is a noteworthy instance of the good that
| can be done by women who cultivate some use
| full industry and do their missionary work as
occasion offers.
| ELLA WHEELER WILCOX believes in prenatal
| influence. She says she was made poet before
she was born by her mothers devotion to
| ''Lalla Rookh' at that period She also be-
| lieves in mirrors, and never passes one without
| looking into it. She says it is not vanity. but
| for reinsurance that no disaster has overtaken
| hustle, plume or collar since her last meeting
with herself She always has mirror before
| her when writing. When she is brought up into
a corner in composition, her swlfD UPWARD
glance, invariably falls on the little plush
| framed reflection of herself, and Immediately
| the idea, rhyme, word or title is speared Ilpon
| her impatient pen She always writes in a
| rocker, lower from the table than ordinary
writers.
| LAST SATURDAY Mrs. Langtry entered an East
| Twentieth street furniture store in New York.
| She moved about among the different articles of
| furniture and finally came to a rocking chair.
Its chaste lines and general cir of comfort salts
! fed even her faStidious taste, and after gazing
| upon it for a few moments she ordered il sent
| to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
The chair which his royal highness is expected
| to occupy a few times before ascending the
| throne, is built after style of the old rockers
| used in this country $50 years ago Il is of
solid mahogany, very strongly built aud
broad. In fact it is large enough for two
For fear the mahogany seat might not be soft
enough for his highness, the Lily had some
beautiful ruby plush cushions made There only
remained one thing more TO do and the chair
would be fit for aprospective king. The aesthetic
tastes of royalty must be satisfied and for this
purpose the chair was plentifully decorated
n l...el III.